Definition of "compartmentalization" []

The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.(noun)

The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.(noun)

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Use "compartmentalization" in a sentence

"This compartmentalization is a unique feature of mainstream U.S. culture: Don't mix personal and work issues; my family is separate from my friends; my tennis friends do not necessarily have to know my classical music friends, and so on."

"The intensity of my career coupled with my self-imposed mental compartmentalization is protection for me."

"One of the noisome results of such compartmentalization is that relationship "experts" warn us incessantly, "If you have to talk, see a therapist.""